topic Re: ConvertTo-NaVmdk : Source and destination offsets are not WAFL block-aligned. in Microsoft Virtualization Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/ConvertTo-NaVmdk-Source-and-destination-offsets-are-not-WAFL-block-aligned/m-p/116104#M4763 <P>What is the size of the vhd file? If it's not a multiple of 4kb, would it be possible to resize it to the nearest multiple of 4096 and retry?</P> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 04:27:27 GMT Aparajita 2016-02-22T04:27:27Z ConvertTo-NaVmdk : Source and destination offsets are not WAFL block-aligned. https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/ConvertTo-NaVmdk-Source-and-destination-offsets-are-not-WAFL-block-aligned/m-p/116030#M4760 <P>We try to convert <SPAN>multiple</SPAN> Hyper-V harddisk to VMware .vmdk disks. We are unable to convert some of the windows 2003 misalgned virtual harddisks. Fixing the disk alignment&nbsp;with Repair-NaVirtualDiskAlignment&nbsp;did not&nbsp;help?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>ConvertTo-NaVmdk</SPAN><SPAN> <SPAN>-SourceVhd</SPAN> <FONT color="#8b0000">"harddisk01"</FONT></SPAN></P><P><FONT color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P><SPAN>Mode&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LastWriteTime&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Length Name&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>----&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -------------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ------ ----&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>-a---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2/17/2016&nbsp;&nbsp; 2:58 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 337 Harddisk01.vmdk&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>ConvertTo-NaVmdk : Source and destination offsets are not WAFL block-aligned.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>At line:1 char:1</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>+ ConvertTo-NaVmdk -SourceVhd "harddisk01"&nbsp; ...</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; + CategoryInfo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : NotSpecified: (:) [ConvertTo-NaVmdk], ArgumentException</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:00:24 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/ConvertTo-NaVmdk-Source-and-destination-offsets-are-not-WAFL-block-aligned/m-p/116030#M4760 Solvinity 2025-06-04T22:00:24Z Re: ConvertTo-NaVmdk : Source and destination offsets are not WAFL block-aligned. https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/ConvertTo-NaVmdk-Source-and-destination-offsets-are-not-WAFL-block-aligned/m-p/116104#M4763 <P>What is the size of the vhd file? If it's not a multiple of 4kb, would it be possible to resize it to the nearest multiple of 4096 and retry?</P> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 04:27:27 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/ConvertTo-NaVmdk-Source-and-destination-offsets-are-not-WAFL-block-aligned/m-p/116104#M4763 Aparajita 2016-02-22T04:27:27Z Re: ConvertTo-NaVmdk : Source and destination offsets are not WAFL block-aligned. https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/ConvertTo-NaVmdk-Source-and-destination-offsets-are-not-WAFL-block-aligned/m-p/116111#M4764 <P>Hi Aparajita,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Many thanks for your help.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>the size of the vhd was 21,484,431,872 bytes after resizing it to a multiple of 4k (21,484,433,408 bytes) i was able to convert this vhd to vmk.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Problem solved!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Regards,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Denny</P> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 07:28:46 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/ConvertTo-NaVmdk-Source-and-destination-offsets-are-not-WAFL-block-aligned/m-p/116111#M4764 Solvinity1 2016-02-22T07:28:46Z